Editing Creosote (section)

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The [[guaifenesin]] developed by Eldon Boyd is still commonly used today as an [[expectorant]], sold over the counter, and usually taken by mouth to assist the bringing up of phlegm from the airways in acute respiratory tract infections. Guaifenesin is a component of [[Mucinex]], [[Robitussin DAC]], [[Cheratussin DAC]], [[Robitussin AC]], [[Cheratussin AC]], [[Benylin]], [[DayQuil]] Mucous Control, Meltus, and Bidex 400.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

[[Seirogan]] is a popular [[Kampo]] medicine in Japan, used as an anti-diarrheal, and has 133&nbsp;mg wood creosote from beech, pine, maple or oak wood per adult dose as its primary ingredient. Seirogan was first used as a gastrointestinal medication by the Imperial Japanese Army in Russia during the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904 to 1905.<ref name=seirogan/>

[[Creomulsion]] is a cough medicine in the United States, introduced in 1925, that is still sold and contains beechwood creosote. Beechwood creosote is also found under the name ''kreosotum'' or ''kreosote''.